Name: Dongni Wang Course: History of American Foreign Affairs Date: Feb. 19 th Six most pressing priorities for postwar foreign policy that Truman had: 1. Use to atomic bomb to force Japan to surrender in order to accelerate the end of WWII and get a victory. (based on document 1) 2. Contain Soviet tendency of global expansion without using military means in order to avoid a new war. (based on document 3, document 6 and document 9) 3. Scramble for the broad zone between United States and Soviet Union in the name of anti-communism, also intervene the internal affairs of those nations. (based on document 7 and guess) 4. Provide aid for European reconstruction in order to make Western European countries to be American staunch allies and hold back Soviet expanding sphere of influence. (based on document 8 and guess) 5. Break up Germany and foster West Germany in order to create the prerequisites for the revival of an imperialist, which United States can use in a future war in its side. (based on document 6 and prior historical knowledge)

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